hi everyone!
i made super sticky whoopie pies this weekend from the king arthur whole grain baking book (the whoopie pie recipe is in the notes of the devil’s food cake recipe)…
and i used a marshmallow cream that does not contain corn syrup (i’m not ambitious enough to attempt making the cream from scratch!). i made some carrot soup as well (from deborah madison’s vegetarian cooking for everyone but i add way more carrots and 6 tbs rice).
i will bring a few whoopie pies to work but i am sure i will be made fun of since they are so sticky and my wrapping is just OK….i have crappy celophane and even crappier ribbon.
whoopie pie tops and bottoms before going into the oven.
out of the oven.
this is the filling i used…it is SO sticky.
a little overzealous with the filling.
the tester- keithy, the kids, and i tried it! (one whole pie has 8 points! that’s just insane..)
the one lone peanut butter whoopie pie…my son had to have one with peanut butter but my daughter is allergic so there was one made and eaten away from everyone else!
carrot soup prior to being pureed- 1.5 cups has about 4 points. it’s very filling.
pureed.
xoxo
jenny
p.s. after our show tonight i am guest hosting with derek on derek and romaine ch. 109- till 10pm…can you say TIRED??? maybe i can get alexis to stay late with me a bit….
hmmmm…
Jenny…your food looks perfectly yummy!!!!! i’ll try to remember to tune in tonite to Derek and Romaine…maybe i’ll even call in!
Do you puree the soup in the pan with one of those hand held puree things? Or do you put it all in a blender? It’s been kind of stopping me from making soup lately, because I hate getting the blender out (unless it’s for margaritas.) Good luck tonight!!!
Mel K. should still give you guys a 4 hour show of your own, you would not have to switch to OUT Q to hear you until 10pm. I will definitely tune in & try to talk Alexis in to going there too…. oh and I’ll give Mel a talking to at the next board meeting.
hi areil!
i used an immersion blender this time because my blender died and i haven’t replaced it yet. make sure to have the flame off and the soup somewhat cooled before you attempt blending in the pot.
and rn jeff- i think alexis is going to be on derek and romaine tonight as well!!! yipee…
xoxo
The WW Butternut Squash Soup is awesome in the fall – very similar, but there is curry powder in it – and soooo low in points, it’s almost free!
I think there is a weight watchers recipe for whoopie-pies and they are not that many points. Porbably not as good but….
tired from what you sit and talk for 2hrs, your job is to talk dip shit, you are so pathetic
hey tired…your post was fascinating. Why are you reading their website and blogs if they are so pathetic??
Jennifer- your pies and soup look amazing!!
Jennifer – you have to give us the recipe for the carrot soup, it looks delicious!
YUMMO! “Tired” you are so NASTY! Get a life!
Did I miss something? What happened to Emily?
Try working a REAL JOB for 8 hours a day, then talk to me about tired
Jenn -your daughter has food allergies, that would be a great topic for a show. The stress it brings, other parents who don’t understand, etc. I have to say it is nice to know there are other mothers out there with the same worries, I am always so afraid my daughter will eat the wrong thing and die.
Jennifer, your soup looks so good but you left off the recipe. Can I have it?
Hi Jenny! Very coincidental… I made the “hostess” cupcakes from Alexis’s blog and filled them with a marshmallow cream filling – almost like a whoopie pie cupcake! They were excellent and fun to make. Your pics are goreous, now I will have to try your carrot soup – you rave about it alot, so it must be really good. Can’t wait to try it this weekend! Thanks –
Ariel – I have made that soup and I puree it either in a food processor or a blender but either way the whole soup never fits all at once into either of mine. I need the new VitaMix blender they were talking about today.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT JEN!!! HAVE FUN with D&R!!!
That is the best soup, isn’t it? YUM!!! Yours looks fantastic!!!! Since you guys first made it, I’ve been making it too and it’s soooo good! The whoopie pies don’t look appealing to me but I’m sure kids would love them! That’s so funny because I too saw a recipe like that showing how to turn a cake recipe into similar ice cream sandwiches.
I hope you used ‘California’ carrots…they are much sweeter and tastier. The ones that come from Canada or elsewhere are bitter. I think you and Alexis should have your own TV show on the Food Network!!!
I went to the King Arthur Flour web site to see if they had the whoopie pie recipe (so I wouldn’t have to buy the cookbook). It’s there! Here is the link. https://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/recipe.jsp?recipe_id=R687
Jenny,
I am too on the quest for no corn syrup. I have found an excellent ketchup made by Westbrae Natural in a 14oz glass bottle. It is fruit juice sweetened and vegetarian. I don’t really love ketchup, but my husband asked me to make sloppy joes out of the Martha Everyday Cookbook and the recipe called for a 1/4 cup ( I made the joes with ground bison not ground beef and he said they were the best EVER ). Thought I’d pass that on to you. Love your show!!! p.s. I’m a fage addict too – with honey it is amazing
Next time you make whoopie pies, use a pastry bag to pipe the batter onto the parchment, makes a much neater, more uniform cookie. Also, use a pastry bag to pipe the filling, again, it’s much neater. Why didn’t you show the wrapping?? I’ll check out the carrot soup, looks yummy.
You used a crappy ribbon to wrap the free food you brought to work. You might be hell-bound.
Alexis & Jennifer – you were great on D&R! That Bush guy was full of shit!
Your Whoopie Pies look really delish! I love the pic with the bite taken out of it!
Yup, you chickies are right! I have NO life. But, I listen, call, and leave comments for you, right?
You DO have a life – a good one, in fact! I love it when you call-in… Thanks for adding so much to the show.
Ariel I appreciate your comments. Outside of you loyalty to the Whatever show you still manage to be a good wife, and Mother, and a pretty good person.
HI Jenny,
Would you please post the recipe?
Yummy. By the way, your weight loss is fantastic. Keep it up!
Hey, to whoever is pretending to be Ariel, you have to get it right, I don’t say Yup! Whats up with that!?! Maybe you need to join me by the pool for a drink, and I can sort you out! And to Hmm and Leo, thank you! Very sweet comments!
Jennifer, those whoopie pies actually look good! Brava!
Hey folks, why dont you do what I did…go to the library and borrow “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone” by Deborah Madison to get the recipe? There are loads of ideas in that book.
Ariel, did you hear Alexis say, under her breath on the D and R show “She has no life” in regard to you? That’s what the fake Ariel was referring to!
Hey, Ariel, “YUP” this!
I can’t believe Alexis would diss Ariel, her staunchest fan. Say it ain’t so Alexis.
Yes, I did hear that! I think that Alexis doesn’t like having people count on her, so when she sees that we listen to her, maybe it makes her a bit defensive?! I don’t know! It was mean! But that’s her personality! And I’ll take the mean if it means we still have access to her great tips for cooking, cleaning and living well! She’s a fountain of inspiration! So, I may have no life, but I’ve got a great new cleaning system, and have just bought the new Faux Bois sheets from the Martha collection at Macys! Those Stewarts are some smart girls!
Hey Tom, my monkey lover! No, Alexis doesn’t diss! She rocks! Her tough side is what makes her so intriguing! But the plethora of other Ariels is both great (because I love being around me) and scary (because if we are all racking up debt like I do, all us Ariel’s are going to be in a heap of trouble!) See ya on the boards! Bananas!
I don’t think you should be mean to your loyal fans.
Everyone should just chill and get their drink on. See ya on the boards! Bananas!
The carrot soop is the same color as Jenny’s hair.
Kewl.
how can you guys listen to the show and take what I said so seriously? I was JOKING about ariel and her lack of a life…I have no doubt she has more of life than I do, but I am still going to tease her when she calls in….
Alexis, what can you expect!! All these Ariel impersonators have not much more to do than be silly! You know, I think you are GREAT! Say what you want! It’s what makes you, you! So, don’t change! And you can keep teasing me when I call in! Only a couple of my step classes are now at that time! I vowed to go every day for a month! (and then I’ll take it from there!) So, on those days, sniff, it’s replay for me! Listen to you later!
We don’t take it seriously: we’re teasing her too! Duh!
If you are pureeing the soup, does the rice add thickness-what is the point of adding it to the soup? Keep up the healthy cooking & eating Jenny!
This sucks! I hate rain. guess I’ll hit the bottle again
FINALLLY stopped raining! I’m outta here! The pool and the bottle calls!
You got it wrong again! I’m working on three mailings! No sun or fun today! Can I get all these Ariels to come help me clean my house? 10 Ariels could get it done much quicker!
Mailings? Clean your house? Yeah, right. I need another drink. Hiccup! Hiccup! Now, that’s a GOOD THING!
To the “nice” (and real) Ariel who doesn’t mind being abused if she gets good advice from someone who likes to give the advice but does not like to hear that people actually use it so she will be nasty to you if you do(!!??): it must be me but I can’t help finding something wrong with this logic. I know that we all have different reasons for being here, as pedestrian or perverse as those might be. I don’t doubt that we all get something out of listening and reading and commenting. I am just somewhat fascinated by Ariel’s explanation. Alexis might even call it creepy (or crappy or retarded, her other favorite words).
Too many Ariels.
Hey, Meisen, bull-crappy!
I don’t think that Alexis abused me! I mean, that would mean that I think that we have some sort of relationship going on where we give eachother some back and forth! We aren’t friends! She doesn’t back on out lunches with me! She doesn’t ignore my phone calls! We don’t really know eachother! But she for sure gives good websites! She has gotten me to switch from paper towels to rags, she even turned me on to Muji at Moma. I mean, I don’t even think Alexis would think I was retarded for finding some worth in her knowledge of “how to live life better, cleaner, healthier, prettier”. I for sure can be a creep, but I’m not usually creepy! I hope that makes some sense to you! And I’m sure a plethora of “other Ariel’s” will show up after this post! Haha! I can assure you this is the real one! And as for Alexis not liking to hear that her advice helped anyone, it’s not really a problem for us, as we are not really friends!!
” a plethora of other Ariels” Hey, Ariel, Disney called. They want their name back! I need a drink!
To Ariel: okely dokely (I like Muji).
Where IS Emily? Did I miss something? Was she fired?
Three cheers for evolution! The narcissistic doyenne’s even more narcissistic daughter is incapable of producing offspring. “Natural selection…It’s a good thing.”